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Global Dimming

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global-dimmingSince measurements began in the 1950s, scientists have discovered that there has been a decline of sunlight reaching the Earth; they called it global dimming.

But according to a paper published in the journal Science, the dimming did not continue into the 1990s and indeed since the 1980s scientists have observed a widespread brightening. What caused the dimming to go down and what effect will it have, if any, on climate change?

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Building Green

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building-greenBuilding Green is pioneering and entertaining television with an eco-friendly twist, on a mission is to inspire viewers to discover just how easy, cost-effective and healthy it can be to go green, and to dispel myths about environmentally-conscious lifestyles.
Host Kevin Contreras leads an interactive exploration of green building techniques and alternatives, from the eye-popping extreme to the green mainstream, all while demonstrating that healthy choices don't mean sacrificing style or comfort.
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Nature's Great Events

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Natures_Great_EventsNature's Great Events" is a landmark television series showcasing our planet's most spectacular natural events and the global climatic phenomena which transform entire landscapes, drawing in millions of animals and determining their fate. The series combines the epic scale of the BBC One's "Planet Earth" with the intimate, emotional stories of individual animals as they struggle to survive. Each episode is set in a different location on our planet and shows how immensely powerful natural forces can drive chain reactions involving everything from microscopic organisms to entire tracts of rainforest, ultimately culminating in a spectacular natural event.
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Earth 2100

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Earth_2100Some scientists warn that the environmental degradations seen in the early 21st century will only worsen to the point that, by the year 2100, modern civilization will collapse and humanity will be plunged into a subsistence-level feudalism similar to that of the Dark Ages. Hosted by journalist Bob Woodruff, this documentary special from ABC News imagines what that cataclysmic world would look like through graphic-novel-style animation and interviews with renowned scientists and experts such as White House science advisor John Holdren and New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman.
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Flotsam Found

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flotsam-foundWhat 29,000 Lost Toys Have Told Us About Our Oceans? Our oceans sure look pretty from afar, but if you take a closer look, you'll find plenty of gross stuff lurking around. There are as many as 46,000 pieces of plastic floating in each square mile of ocean, threatening the health of our seas, especially the marine wildlife inhabiting them. But there is at least one good thing scientists can get from all this junk: a better understanding of the behavior of complicated ocean currents, which are shaped by a number of disparate forces and affect, among other things, the climate and the distribution of Earth's life forms.
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Delhi Dump

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Delhi_DumpIt's a fact that we are responsible for the state of our environment today. But what does the 'environment' mean to each of us? In between the lines of the global warming debate are millions of people who are living with the effects of environmental abuse everyday. From the rag-picker to the coin-diver to the industrial worker, this documentary is a realistic and disturbing snapshot of the common man's story that personalizes the issues of global warming.
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Animal Farm: Risks Of Genetic Engineering

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Animal_Farm_Risks_Of_Genetic_EngineeringChannel 4's Animal Farm, scientist Olivia Judson and food critic Giles Coren take a journey of discovery through the strange new world of GM and the tangle of ethical and moral issues that surrounds it. Will either of them change the way they feel about genetic engineering after they investigate how it works and what it can offer us?
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